Without much background, you’d imagine that GameStop (NYSE:GME) is a company on the resurgence. Since the end of May, GME stock has gained more than 19%. Furthermore, with video games being a popular activity cutting across many demographics, GameStop’s rally seemingly has strong fundamental support.

Independent music labels group Impala has called on EU antitrust regulators to block Sony Corp's bid to become the world's largest music publisher with its $2.3 billion offer for control of EMI, saying the combination would have too much market power. Sony announced the deal in May, the boldest strategy move by its new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, which would give it rights to 2.1 million songs from artists such as Drake, Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams and Sia. Last month, it acquired the estate of Michael Jackson's minority share of EMI.

Independent music labels group Impala has called on EU antitrust regulators to block Sony Corp's bid to become the world's largest music publisher with its $2.3 billion offer for control of EMI, saying the combination would have too much market power. Sony announced the deal in May, the boldest strategy move by its new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, which would give it rights to 2.1 million songs from artists such as Drake, Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams and Sia. Last month, it acquired the estate of Michael Jackson's minority share of EMI.

"In the past, these images would have been made by pre-focusing and praying for the best," said Kenneth Jarecke, who made his name shooting photos during the Gulf War. Jarecke is an early adopter of a new breed of mirrorless cameras made by Sony Corp. that excel at capturing crisp shots of fast-moving objects. Unlike digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, his Sony Alpha a7R III ditches the mirror-and-prism system that shows what's coming through the lens.

Smartphone companies are feeling the heat of the market slowdown. Apple sold fewer iPhones than expected in the second quarter, while Samsung’s (SSNLF) mobile operating profit fell 34% in the same period as flagship Galaxy S9 sales disappointed. At Sony (SNE), smartphone unit sales fell by almost half from a year ago in the quarter.

GoPro (GPRO) is planning to launch three new cheaper cameras for the holiday season, which is usually its strongest period of the year. The company has been selling a low-priced camera model since early this year, and it hasn’t seen cheaper cameras turn customers away from its premium products, so it’s confident in releasing these lower-cost cameras. GoPro CEO Nicholas Woodman has said that there is strong demand for GoPro products at the right price.

Last year I had a good time comparing Sony's DPT-RP1 with the home-grown reMarkable. Sony's e-paper tablets are single-minded little gadgets: all they do is let you read and lightly mark up PDFs. For legal documents and scientific journal articles, which I read a lot of, a big e-paper tablet is fantastic.

It appears Samsung (SSNLF) has come to a point where feels it has had enough of its Chinese competitors in India. Chinese smartphone companies have made significant inroads in India in recent years, largely at the expense of Samsung. Samsung has increased its marketing budget in India, and the company is working to portray itself as a “younger brand” to Indian consumers to try to win over more Millennial customers, Reuters reports.

Sony revealed that it has sold over 525 million PlayStation systems worldwide since the console first launched 24 years ago, and that it's doing something special to commemorate it. It unveiled the "500 Million Limited Edition PS4 Pro" with a dark blue translucent shell, complete with a matching DualShock 4 controller, PlayStation Camera, vertical stand and mono headset. When it launched the original PlayStation in 1994 (1995 in the US), Sony may not have imagined that it would sell over half a billion in under a quarter century.

Samsung (SSNLF) has been widely expected to launch a foldable smartphone—the kind you can fold half and put in your pocket. Although the foldable Samsung smartphone was expected to arrive this year, it appears the launch has been pushed back to next year to allow Samsung to perfect the product. Samsung said in September last year that there were several technological hurdles to overcome in building a foldable smartphone, implying that the difficulties could delay the launch of the product.

In the previous parts of this series, we have discussed Intel (INTC) and NVIDIA (NVDA) and their relationships with China. In the next few parts, we’ll have a similar discussion on another major semiconductor player, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The company made its debut in the high-end PC, CPU (or central processing unit), and GPU (or graphics processing unit) markets in fiscal 2017.

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is among the top gaming companies in the world. It creates and develops its own interactive content across platforms such as mobile devices, PCs, and gaming consoles such as the PlayStation (SNE) and Xbox (MSFT).

Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, brushing a 12-day high, buoyed by strong earnings for blue chips such as Sony and Sharp and the yen's slide to near two-week lows against the dollar. The Nikkei ended the day up 0.86 percent at 22,746.70 after touching 22,775.47, its highest since July 20.

Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, supported by a stronger Wall Street and a weaker yen, with blue chips such as Sony and Sharp gaining on strong earnings and lifting overall sentiment. The Nikkei was up 0.5 percent at 22,672.63.

TOKYO—Sony Corp. reported another strong quarter of earnings, buoyed by stable sales of electronics hardware, strength in its PlayStation videogame business and demand for smartphone camera components. For the April-June period, the Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate reported net profit of ¥226.4 billion ($2.04 billion) on ¥1.95 trillion ($17.55 billion) in revenue, compared with net profit of ¥80.9 billion on ¥1.86 trillion in revenue in the same quarter last year. Sony’s fiscal first-quarter earnings were also lifted by the sale of part of its stake in Spotify Technology SA. Its operating profit rose to ¥195 billion from ¥157.6 billion a year earlier.

Shares of the Nintendo ADR (NTDOY) closed up 3.6% on Tuesday after the storied Japanese firm reported earnings results for the June quarter. How should investors view the results? We'll give you the full rundown here!

latest high-end Master Series TVs that will be released in the fall. "We're pushing the boundaries of storytelling," said Scott Mirer, Netflix's VP of device partner ecosystem. Netflix is already starting to optimize content for the latest viewing technologies, with over 400 hours of high dynamic range (HDR) content and more than 2,000 hours of 4K content on its platform, according to Mirer.

All three major indices trimmed their gains in the final minutes of trading, but managed to close in the green on strength in tech names. will be the after-hours earnings report to watch as it releases its third-quarter results after the closing bell. The three major U.S. stock markets indices closed higher on Tuesday, July 31, helped by a recovery in tech names ahead of Apple's earnings report.

Nintendo (OTCMKTS:NTDOY) reported its first-quarter earnings, with a respectable gain in revenue and another big jump in profit. Switch hardware sales slowed by single digits, which was more than offset by a jump in software sales. In its Q1 earnings report, Nintendo booked revenue of $1.51 billion and an operating profit of $275 million.